1979–80 Lancashire Cup


1979–80 was the sixty-seventh occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
Widnes won the trophy by beating Workington Town by the score of 11-0
The match was played at The Willows, Salford,. The attendance was 6887 and receipts were £7100.00
After relatively little success in the competition, Workington Town had reached the semi-final stage in 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76, had been runner-up in 1976–77, winner in 1977–78, and runners-up in 1978–79 and now again in 1979–80; not a bad eight year record.

Background

The total number of teams entering the competition remained at last season’s total of 14 with no junior/amateur clubs taking part.
The same fixture format was retained, but due to the number of participating clubs, this resulted in one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round.

Competition and Results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 14 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
1Sun 19 Aug 1979Barrow44-11HuytonCraven Park
2Sun 19 Aug 1979Blackpool Borough20-9WhitehavenBorough Park
3Sun 19 Aug 1979Leigh20-3Rochdale HornetsHilton Park
4Sun 19 Aug 1979St. Helens16-28WidnesKnowsley Road8350
5Sun 19 Aug 1979Swinton15-22OldhamStation Road
6Sun 19 Aug 1979Warrington17-14WiganWilderspool5038
7Sun 19 Aug 1979Workington Town14-8SalfordDerwent Park
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Round 2 - Quarter Finals

Involved 3 matches and 7 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Sun 26 Aug 1979Barrow50-8Blackpool BoroughCraven Park
2Sun 26 Aug 1979Oldham6-34WarringtonWatersheddings
3Sun 26 Aug 1979Widnes33-3LeighNaughton Park
4Workington Townbye

Round 3 – Semi-Finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture DateHome TeamScoreAway TeamVenueAttRecNotesRef
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1Wed 26 Sep 1979Barrow4-6Workington TownCraven Park
2Wed 24 Oct 1979Warrington2-13WidnesWilderspool

Final

Teams and Scorers

Widnes№Workington Town
teams
David Eckersley1Paul Charlton
Stuart Wright2Iain McCorquodale
Mal Aspey3Kevin Maughan
Eric Hughes4Ian Thompson
Mick Burke5David Beck
David Moran6Ian Rudd
Reg Bowden7Arnold "Boxer" Walker
Brian Hogan8Harry Beverley
Keith Elwell9Alan Banks
Glyn Shaw10Gary Wallbanks
Les Gorley11Bill Pattinson
Alan Dearden12Ray Lewis
Mick Adams13John Dobie
Mick George 14?
David Hull 15Alan Varty
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Scorers
Tries
David Moran T
Mick Adams T
Goals
Mick Burke G
Drop Goals
Keith Elwell DG
RefereeW H Thompson
Man of the matchMick Adams - Widnes -
sponsored byBurtonwood Brewery
Competition SponsorForshaws

Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

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